Bill Text: NY S05987 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts retired peace officers from the crime of criminal possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun in a sensitive location.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S05987 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05987-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5987

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 24, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  exempting  retired  peace
          officers  from the crime of criminal possession of a firearm, rifle or
          shotgun in a sensitive location

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  265.01-e of the penal law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (d-1) to read as follows:
     3    (d-1) persons who were employed as peace  officers  as  designated  by
     4  section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law but are retired;
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10485-01-3